Is there ever going to be a decent way to via staple in layout? The way layout handles vias in shapes is confounding…
I think there is something planed for release 5 of kicad. But i think it is not yet finished.
It’s generally “known” that pcbnew doesn’t really support via stitching. You have to link together a bunch of vias using traces, so that they keep their net association. And this is clunky. The traces get in the way of everything, look distracting, and will be removed by “Cleanup Tracks and Vias”.
Here’s a better way. It’s a bit long-winded to set up, but easy to use once you get it going.
Click “Open footprint editor” on the right toolbar: [image]
Click “New footprint” on the top toolbar: […